{"product_id":"history-of-violence-edouard-louis","title":"History of Violence (Édouard Louis)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Shortlisted for the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe radical, urgent new novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Eddy\u003c\/i\u003e - a personal and powerful story of violence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI met Reda on Christmas Eve 2012, at around four in the morning. He approached me in the street, and finally I invited him up to my apartment. He told me the story of his childhood and how his father had come to France, having fled Algeria. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe spent the rest of the night together, talking, laughing. At around 6 o'clock, he pulled out a gun and said he was going to kill me. He insulted me, strangled and raped me. The next day, the medical and legal proceedings began.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e retraces the story of that night, and looks at immigration, class, racism, desire and the effects of trauma in an attempt to understand a history of violence, its origins, its reasons and its causes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e                                                                                                                                                                    'It stays with you' \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A heartbreaking novel' John Boyne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eÉdouard Louis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Eddy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWho Killed My Father,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Woman's Battles and Transformations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChange, Monique Escapes \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Collapse,\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of a book on the social scientist Pierre Bourdieu. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, making him one of the most celebrated writers of his generation worldwide.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 208 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65884660564317,"sku":"K083602827","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8360282700001A.jpg?v=1789050098","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/history-of-violence-edouard-louis","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}